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Viruses can encode circRNA, and viral circRNAs have been found in multiple single-stranded and double-stranded viruses. However, the characteristics and functions of viral circRNAs remain unknown. Sequence alignment showed that viral circRNAs are less conserved than circRNAs in animal, indicating that the viral circRNAs may evolve rapidly. Through the analysis of the sequence characteristics of viral circRNAs and circRNAs in animal, it was found that viral circRNAs and animals circRNAs are similar in nucleic acid composition, but have obvious differences in secondary structure and autocorrelation characteristics. Based on these characteristics of viral circRNAs, machine learning algorithms were employed to construct a prediction model to identify viral circRNA. Additionally, analysis of the interaction between viral circRNA and miRNAs showed that viral circRNA is expected to interact with 518 human miRNAs, and preliminary analysis of the role of viral circRNA. 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